Near real time FAP versus published target

IBM® Cognos® Controller Financial Analytics Publisher automatically and in near real time moves changes from the relational source to the target cube.

The speed of data movement enables in-process reporting and data validation based on data in the cube.

You can give report consumers access to the final data, without giving them access to near real-time cubes. This is useful for users who only require a snapshot of the data for both statutory and management reporting after the closing. You can restrict access to near real-time cubes by using the following methods:

Turn off the trickle publish function. However, this will completely eliminate the possibility for close to real time analysis for all users.
Make a copy of the near real time cube within the same TM1® server and use the copy for these users.
Copy the TM1 server.

For additional descriptions on how to customize FAP for various reporting scenarios, go to the IBM Cognos Proven Practices documentation web site: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/cognos/cognosprovenpractices.html